When We Are No More: How Digital Memory Is Shaping Our Future
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- Synopsis
- In this book, the author explores human memory from pre-history to the present to shed light on the grand challenge facing our world--the abundance of information and scarcity of human attention. Tracing the story from cuneiform tablets and papyrus scrolls, to movable type, books, and the birth of the Library of Congress, The author weaves a compelling narrative that explores how humans have dealt with the problem of too much information throughout our history, and indeed how we might begin solve the same problem for our digital future. Serving as a call to consciousness, The book explains why data storage is not memory; why forgetting is the first step towards remembering; and above all, why memory is about the future, not the past.
- Copyright:
- 2016
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 246 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781620408025
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Date of Addition:
- 04/26/21
- Copyrighted By:
- Abby Smith Rumsey
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Psychology
- Submitted By:
- Worth Trust
- Proofread By:
- Worth Trust
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.